Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote: > I know that Canon and Nikon do not want it, since they prefer people to > buy their glass from them; but on the Miranda Canon forum there is a > very lively trade in Leica R lenses and Stephen's and other adapters to > use them on the Canon bodies. So clearly there is at least some level of > interest among the users for Leica glass on Canon bodies, and I am sure > that if it were possible to mount them on Nikon bodies, there would be > interest in that camp as well. Nathan, a Leica lens dedicated to the EOS mount would be limited to use on the Canon. If Leica were to pursue this market there would be two choices: Electronic compatability, or manual operation. In the first case Canon could make a minor change in the camera body electronics to "break" compatability with the lens' electronics, rendering the lens a very expensive paperweight unless all you wanted to use is an older EOS body before the tweak. Canon has done this to third-party lenses. In the second case, fully manual operation, a lens dedicated to the Canon EOS mount would be less flexible because it couldn't be used on a Leica-R body, and no more useful on a Canon body than the R-lens plus adapter. Ditto for the Nikon mount. This really has been beaten to death. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com